Revolving meat-block.



J P. MALONE.

REVOLVING MEAT BLQOK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1909.

Samoa wow JAMES FRANKLIN MALONE, 01E LAWRENCE, ARKANSAS.

REVOLVING MEAT-BLGCK.

crease To all i'vhom at may concern:

Be it known that I, .la MES FRANKLIN Ma- L-oNn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lawrence, in the count of Garland and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful liiiproveiiieiits inRevolving Meat-Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to revolving meat; blocks, revolvingwork-benches, typowriting stands, revolving tables and hookcases etc,

t is frequently found necessary to revolve the blocks upon which thesearticles rest and it is often found necessary to elevate or depress thesame and it is my intention to meet these wants by this invention andespecially is it often found in markets and stores where meats are kepton sale that one sideof a meat block becomes so worn that it not onlylooks disfigured but it hampers the butcher in the eiiiciency of hiswork in preparing the meat for customers. Therefore, 1 have invented ablock which may be raised or lowered and revolved at will so that. oneside thereof may be used as frequently as the other.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the novelconstruction and arrangementof parts as are fully described in thisspecification, illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings forming a partthereot and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings the figure is a vertical,

sectional view of my invention.

is an annular flange. l2 which, has cut in its Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 25, 1&09.

Potential 2'3, idio Serial lilo. 509,42'4.

under face an annular groove 13 which corresponds to the annular groove10. Said flange, rests upon said ball bearings 11, thus adapting thespindle (3 to revolve with very little friction.

Cut on the inner wall. of said tubingil, below the center thereof is anannular concave recess 13; working in said recess and being held inplace by means of the spindle (3, coming into contact therewith are theball bearings 14.

Cut in the lower end of the spindle 6, are a number of transversenotches 15, which ena pin ill, which is forced home by means of the coilor helical spring 17. \Vhen it is desired to disengage the. pin 16, thefoot is pressed upon the outer end of the lever 19, the inner end ofwhich is provided with a pin 19, which works in theslots 20, formed onthe outer end of said pin 16.

The tubing 9 may be made of any desired metal while the base 7, may bemade of any desired material adapted for the purpose. The tubing is holdsecurely in place by means of a set screw 21.

l ihen the block 1, is elevated to a desired height, it. then heldagainst movement by means of a set screw 2 Although I have specificallydescribed the COIIStlllCtlOli and arrangement of the several parts of mydevice yet i may claim the right to make such changes in theconstruction and form thereof, as do not de-' part from the spirit of myinvention or fall within the. scope of the appended claim.

l /hat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a revolving meat block comprising a base having a circular verticallydisposed hole, cut. therein, a trubing whose upper edge is provided withan annular concave groove fitted into said hole, temporary means,consisting of a set screw to preveutthe removal of said tubing from thebase, a spindle pro vided with an annular flange extending into saidtubing and mounted thereupon-for ro tation, ball bearings interposedbetween the flange of the spindle and the groove of the tubing,said-spindle being of solid construcand projecting upward a screwthreaded evrsee idon and having formed integral therewith threadedportion of the spindle, Said means being a set screw.

In testimony whereol I afiix my sigma? are, in presence oftwo witnesses.JAMES FRANKLIN MALONE. 1V itnesses I A. G. SULLENBERGER, E. VJ. SCOTT.

1i) portion, a casting secured to a meat block which casting is providedwith a screwthreaded hole therein, saidserew-threaded hole receiving thescrew-threaded upper portion. of the spindle means to secure the castingat any point desired upon the screw-

